Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-01

q % ITtbmus, tbe fare ehzrRed h twenty
avs dollars. or nssEis cue dollar . rliis.
To ecmpfasn 10 cess The Faisrnad
appreciafea tae monop ~ that is enjoys
in in exeausiss concession. and makes
the mott ofit.
fne on4look along ths Hus % TIE
railroad IL novel IN the extreme The
rsmd runs parallel 90 tbe esnai and n
some places very rear 70 H. Between
ten and fifteen fho1sac1 negroes arc
roe ~ work on the canal, end Il u ex
pected that several fhonsard Chirsmea
viii son be sdded "a shs f0res- Nbsn
the CaiA8men arrive tsoosie - e.
pecsed, since the negroes declare that
Ghey viii nos elioS them 70 wOEk. A.
regular intervals along the hce OF Tire
railroad stations have been bali, which
are made % cf = metisy a0iiecfion Of
stores and hgts, a. e. dwelling houses
By tie laboFers. A. rule the China
men are sforeksepers and they msks
money rapidiy and keep H. They do
not fear the competition Of white Dsn.
because 10 white man can endure for
any length Of time toe terrible oiimsts
81 the sEeDps and lowisBds Of the in
terror. Ten t6ousand men nske qaite
3 showing, syen when spread over en-
sidsrabie ground. Consequently, every
thing along the line Of ths canal pre-
seuts quite an animated appearances.
Huge enbankments are being erected
asd tremendous excavations made
On all sides. Narrow gauge
railroads and enormous dredging ma
chimes aspear sn every hand - though
expense were no confederation. And
yet IN spite Of all this little real prog
rese appears TO have been made. Every
thing seems IN Q chaotic condition, and
u Is ubtful utethsE tbs work is really
one-baf completed. When Z; y con
sideEed that 20 less than 10000, 900
francs have alresdy been spent. aHd
that the company 10 nov struggling
under an interest," bond Of 80 600 coo
francs annuslly, and THAI from the last
issue Of 500 10000 worth OF bonds
only $50 Co. 600, witch IS now being
used, vas realized. the prospects are
not encouraging for the speedy compile
ton Of the great work. Is is moreover
remarkable fact that Of the vas
amOuni already raised the greater part
has come from the poorer classes Of the
French people Who have invested their
hard earned savings 10 the project upon
tue strength Of De Lssseps' Rame. 1he
mOneyed men Of France hsvs never, Il
appears, been elated over the prospsct
aud have not invested largely. Perhaps
they are waiting for an opportunity 20
take tue thing up whsn ths present com
pany become Bankrupt. TIE judge from
Appearances the money that has already
been expended Is a. iFrstFeivahiy lest to
the parties who invested as though Il
we're sunk at the bottom Of the SEA.
80 far as real business goes, there IA
nothing Of the kind upon the lsthmus.
Ths large expenditures Of the Cansl
Company are what keep up the sem
blance OF business prosperity. Bat this
money does ths people no real COED. Ali
Of il ultimately finds it, way into the
pockets Of dishonest officials, saloon
keepers ami professional gamtlers. A
few merchants, to be sure, have made
considerable money. Bat, ~ they ex
press It, IL Is like doing business over
volcano. Revolution is in the sir, and
the better class OF the merchants are
apprehensive that the STERN will burst
~ any moment. Then, again, ~ soon az
work upon the canal is susp nded bust
ness falls fiat, aud everything becomes
stagnant- As connecting link between
ocean and ocean, eitt er by railroad or
canal, the isthmus will always be Of i'm
p0rtanoe. Bat aside froEs this It will be
what nature made Il. an uRhsalthy vii
derpess.